Danish proverbs

No one is so tall that he never needs to stretch, and no one is so short that he never needs to stoop.

The issue of all contention is uncertain. [Witness the glorious uncertainty of the law, and of the turf.]

When lazy horses begin to start, old women to dance, and white clouds to rain, there is no stopping them.

It is easy to work with a good comb, said the devil, when he combed his mother's hair with a pitchfork.""

There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.

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